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H.- PULLMAN. NEGKTIE FASTENER.

No. 486,956. Patented Nov. 29, 1892.

NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HERBERT S. PULLMAN, OF MERIDEN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- HALF TO HENRY L. ALLEN.

NECKTlE-FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 486,956, dated November 29, 1892.

Application filed August 18, 1892. Serial No. 443,445. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HERBERT S. PULLMAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Meriden, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Necktie-Fasteners; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of ref-, erence marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to improvements in necktie-fasteners; and it consists in certain novel features of construction, which will be more fully hereinafter specified, and pointed out in the claim.

The object of this invention is to produce a fastener which shall overcome wholly or in part the objections existing in devices of a similar character heretofore in use, among which is notably an ordinary pin or needle fastened in the body of the tie, so that its point projects downwardly within the passage through which the neckband. is passed.

The foregoing is in relation to that class of ties commonly termed Teck scarf-ties. The outward appearance of one is illustrated in Figure 1 of the accompanying drawings.

The objection to the device just cited is that it is with great difficulty that the needle is prevented from catching into the material of which the band is composed during its removal. the use of my improved fastener,which when the pin is once removed from the band the point is automatically shielded from accidental catching. As will be readily seen, this invention relates purely to the fastener, and is only shown in connection with a tie to better illustrate its operation and the means by which it is secured in place.

In the drawings, Fig. l is a plan view of a tie provided with one of my improved fasteners, which is denoted in dotted lines. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of the tie and fastener, taken on the line A B. Fig. 3 is aplan view of the fastener detached. Fig. 4: is a longitudinal section of Fig. 3.

This objection is wholly overcome by also secured the fastener D, as shown in Figs.

1 and 2.

In Figs. 3 and 4,E is the base-plate or body of the fastener,which is formed from any suitable material,such as spring brass, steel, &c.

c is a spring-tongue, which is formed intogral'with the body of the fastener, and is bent so as to normally occupy a position considerably below the surface of the body or base plate of the fastener D. A depression f is formed in line with and directly in front of the spring-tongue e for the reception of the pin 2, which is secured to the tongue 6. The pin 2 may be secured to the tongue e by any well-known means; but soldering is preferred. The position of the point of the pin when the spring-tongue is in its normal position is within the depression f, thereby leaving the top of the body of the base-plate free from any obstruction to catch and retain the neck band when desirable to withdraw it. The body or base-plate E is provided at each of the four corners with a spur or prong which is passed through the material and clinched, thereby forming a ready means of fastening the fastener D within the recess a. This being an old and well-kno wn means of securing metal plates to fabric or material of any kind it is thought that it will be readily understood from the illustration without further description.

The operation of the device is as follows: The tie being placed in position the band is passed around the neck and the free end passed down through the passage or recess a and over the top of the fastener D, the springtongue and pin occupying the positions shown in Fig. 4. When the tie is properly adjusted, the body of the same is pressed between the thumb and fingers,which are placed immediately above and below the spring-tongue. The pressure causes the tongue to rise and the point of the pin to contact with the neckband. Still retaining the pressure, the body of the tie is brought slightly downward,which causes the pin to pass diagonally through the neckband and the spring to be raised to a level of the top of the body or base-plate. When the pin is passed through the band as just described, as will be seen, it prevents the band from being withdrawn. When desirable to remove the tie, draw the free end of the neckband downward through the passage a until the pin is released,when by reason of its tension the spring willbe carried downward and the pin within the depression or cavity f,when the band may be withdrawn without difficulty. Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Pat- 1 5 cut, is-

HERBERT S. PULLMAN.

, Witnesses:

NATHAN W. CRANDALL,

HERBERT G. Moms. 

